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Is Python in Houdini the same as "regular" python?


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All CG companies and softwares work in 2.7, very few have made the switch to 3+. Plus you can do print("Hello World") in Houdini, so you'll need a more complex example ;)

For some one learning python it really doesn't matter if they learn 3+ vs 2.7. The differences are extremely small for intro learning, and one stack overflow question away.

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I don't think there is much of a major speed difference. You'll still be better off with iron py and other similar branches that have more compiled components. Python 3+ will get all the latest and greatest stuff so it might be faster in a lot of ways, but nothing comparable to the difference between other languages. 

You can theoretically use your own python with Houdini, if you wanted to a different library, and then just import the hou module. Generally this is a lot more work to maintain, but bigger studios have a few good reasons to do this depending on their internal library of tools they developed over the years.

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